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Only thing not already done in my signature, is intercooler and custom tune. Just waiting a couple months to order a CVF intercooler, then, have it tuned. Waiting until just before my next oil change to check the catch-can ... hopefully, it will be dirty as hell, so I'll know it was worth the money. Reason I did a 50/50 BOV is to vent 50% pressure to the atmosphere and still hold 50% pressure on the turbos. Read multiple reviews and articles. Made sense and it seems to have smoothed out the shifts - a lot. I'll try out the Techron cleaner. Heard a lot of good things about it. Thank you for adding the link!!

Since we all three have the GEN 1 engine, I have to ask. Any major issues with the drivetrain ... as relates to your modifications or high milage? Already doing the fluid/oil changes and frequent maintenance. Also using CRC Turbo & Injector cleaner and considering the TechTron fuel additive in hopes of keeping the fuel system free of carbon buildup in the engine and moisture out of the tank. Hope y'all are having a good weekend. Always open to suggestions.

How many miles do you and 1004Ron have on your Edge vehicles?

Great to hear 1004ron ! I'm just happy I don't have to remove the wheels in the near future to install new pads. Those 21's are hea-VY. Here are a few pics of the brake calipers, as promised. Can't see them very well, but, they look a little better when the sun is not directly overhead and casting shadows.

Hard to believe these pads last so long. They look nearly brand new. Made my caliper painting project a much happier experience. I'll go out and clean my wheels and take a picture of how it looks. Hopefully, I'll get some comments on them. The wheels are beefy; therefore, can't see the calipers as well as I'd like.

Pulled the wheels off the 2.7 Nautilus to paint the calipers. Was expecting to see worn-down brake pads because I often brake pretty hard. Ford brake pads must be a very hardened material. All 4 corners looked nearly new with very little wear. Made it worth the effort to pull the wheels off and the Ford Blue calipers look pretty good. Only problem is the Black Label wheels cover up too much of the calipers and you cannot see them very well, but, well enough to see a difference from the original bare metal.

We're at about 20' above sea level and ambient temperature about 70* in Florida. Light turned green. He got on the pedal and I did too. 0-50 was sweet, until he pulled on me and passed me at 50 mph. My belief is the Livernois tune with a few minor mods really brings our platform (Nautilus / Edge ST) alive. We're at about 20' above sea level with an ambient temperature about 70* (in Florida). From my experience, I believe I'm easily doing about a sub 5.0 second 0-60. Once the Hellcat's 650 LB FT of torque got that TRX Hellcat moving, the 707 crank HP pulls extremely hard ... "sweet spot" for the TRX. Those trucks have a declared 4.5 second 0-60 time, so, basing my theoretical belief of sub-5 seconds, because he flew by me at 50 mph. I'll get it out to the Dragstrip soon. Guy gave me a big smile and a thumbs-up. Just sharing the experience. Feel free to comment negatively or positively with your honest opinion.

I'll have a local guy, Jake LaMotta, do a custom dyno tune on it, once I get the parts on. Minor upgrades were already installed. NGK colder Spark plugs, TurboSmart 50%/50% BOV (keeps pressure on the turbos between shifts - only 50% vents to atmosphere so the turbos don't have to work so hard), 170* Reisch thermostat (installation this week), aFe Max Flow Dry drop-in filter installed, and CVF FMIC (Installing in April or May}, are all mainly for Florida summer heat not for power so much. Trying to keep the stock exhaust as close to stock as possible ... sleeper ... quiet and fast. Just got around to installing the aFe air filter and I can tell a couple improvements. Seems like it was starving for air through the paper filter. 1. Dead stop launch doesn't lag quite as much. 2. Feels like it pulls and keeps pulling a little harder in each gear, as compared to before.

I'm new to the turbo world. Been through this upgrade process, when I had my previous low 11's 1999 Trans Am (below). See my comments in the other thread you posted to. I changed the exhaust 3 times before it hit the right note and flowed how I wanted it to. Always open to your comments.

Thanks for your comment's fellows. I've found a few great quality wheels and tires which would shave off about 25 lbs. from each corner. So, this weight reduction woulbe equivalent to about 500 lbs. of dead (un-sprung) weight. My goal was to lighten up the vehicle a bit before doing more serious upgrades. Have decided against the wheels for now, since a turbo upgrade kit would be about the same price. I'll later buy a set of 16" Weld Drag Lite wheels and tires for the track. Shooting for somewhere in the ballpark of 400 AWDHP/425 AWDTQ. So far, I've done the Livernois MyCalibrator tune, TurboSmart 50/50 BOV, NGK LTR7BHX (95605) 1-level colder Spark Plugs, 170* thermostat, and aFe CAI PR5 Pro Dry drop-in filter. Going forward mods are going to be CVF FMIC, then, upgraded turbos. Anything more and I'd have to upgrade the fuel pump and injectors.

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Justb received and installed the Turbosmart 1.5/twin scroll 2.7 Kompact EM BOV VR2 50/50 to replace the stock BPV. It feels a little different as 50% of the pressure is released and the other 50% recycles back through to hold turbo pressure, which feels smoother and the shifts seem to be a little more consistent. I'm overall content with it, but, not overly joyed. Anyone else have this same 50/50 BOV?

Has anyone here with 20" or 21" wheels ever swapped to a lighter wheel for less rotating mass? Maybe Welds, etc., for faster 1/4-mile times? If so, by how much did it improve your ET?

... or is 160* thermostat a waste of money if I am already planning to replace the factory intercooler with a CVF Performance FMIC? I live in Florida and own the 2.7 EcoBoost vehicle with LMS tune. Thanks for any input you might offer.

Thanks, Oldandintheway. I'm 68, so, I feel your pain ... ha!! I'll probably just do a K&N drop-in filter for the air intake to squeeze a few ponies out of the factory intake for now. CAI later down the road. Don't want to go too far with the upgrades. Just a fun daily driver is what I'm looking at. Think I should do the pedal thing-a-ma-jig? I've read they improve throttle response a lot. Any downsides to them?

Hoping it helps later-down-the-road. Just doing basic pre-mods before upgrading the turbos. I've only done NGK colder plugs, Livernois tune and painted my calipers 'Ford Blue'. Next will be catted downpipes and CVF Performance FMIS intercooler. Afterward, will be upgrading fuel pump and injectors. Only looking for about 400 AWD HP and 420 AWD TQ with a dyno tune to up the boost a bit. That's why I ordered the 50/50 BOV to take some stress off the current turbos on long trips. Hey, thank you for responding. What do you think about my upgrade plan?

Just ordered a Turbosmart 1.5/twin scroll 2.7 Kompact EM BOV VR2 50/50 to replace the stock BPV. Anyone have a 50/50 BOV you can comment on, so far as where you noticed a difference other than the 'PSSSH' sound factor? Maybe less lag on initial acceleration, better throttle response between shifts, smoother power over the power band? I'd much appreciate your comments.

Appreciate both responses, for sure. Had a built 1999 Trans Am which had a separate IAT and MAF sensor. It was a low 11-second NA car with zero weight reduction. Parted it out 18 years ago and I miss it from time-to-time. As for AI searches, I'm a retired Bank of New York Network Engineer and have found many AI searches are generalized and often inaccurate, as 1004ron stated. I've worked with data scientists and AI Engineers for the last few years before I recently retired. You have to manipulate the open code to do a true deep dive search of reputable Ford supported auto parts depots. You have to REM out all the forums, Meta pages, etc. Browsers just generalize from commonly pooled data and are not much good. First went to my Lincoln dealership to validate the part ... before I went to other major parts dealers. The picture dabangsta posted, above, is what I was looking for. My 2020 Nautilus 2.7 does not have a MAF like that. It has the IAT/MAF I posted, above. The MAF SES code thrown was P0101 until I cleaned it. It would not clear until it was cleaned. To me, this somewhat validated it serves the function of a MAF, which 1004ron stated, 'The IAT isn't sensitive to fouling.'. For the sake of agreeing to disagree, doesn't matter much what anyone calls it - or what function it serves - I still have 2 MAP sensors and that THING. LOL!! Thanks again for responding, fellows. It really is appreciated.

1004ron - thank you for your response. As for the map sensors, I can confirm the AI search below having 2 map sensors is correct. I located both of them on my engine by their FoMoCo part numbers. As for the integrated IAT/MAF sensor performing different functions within the same assembly, I respectively believe my original post is correct. See attached picture ... just disregard the CRC cleaner I sprayed on my hand. I'm too old to get cancer from it before I bite the farm... lol! 'The Intake Air Temperature (IAT) sensor and Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor are not the same component but are commonly integrated into a single assembly on many modern vehicles, particularly Fords (like the DS7A-12A697-AA part). The MAF measures the amount of air, while the IAT measures the temperature.' it ... lol! before I eat the farm

Better than expected results. 2020-year model ... 26K miles with Livernois 93 octane tune, NGK colder plugs. Very noticeable difference from stock. Ironically, I sprayed a can of CRC Intake Valve and Turbo Cleaner through the intake. It threw three SES codes. So, I sprayed CRC MAF Cleaner on the IAT sensor, which looked a 'little' dirty. Kept looking for the MAF, however, no luck finding it. Come to find out, the IAT and MAF sensors are one-in-the-same. The sensor performs both functions, which I thought was very unusual. After cleaning the afore-mentioned sensor, I cleared the codes with the Livernois tuner and the engine woke up in a very big way. With only 26K on the vehicle (2.7 Gen 1), thought there would be hardly any carbon buildup. I was wrong. Very impressed after spraying the CRC cleaner through the intake and the MAF cleaner across the IAT/MAF sensor wires. The lack of port injectors must really cause a LOT of carbon buildup on the Gen 1 Ecoboost engines. This thing is a different animal now.

Thanks Biker!!

Vehicle is a 2020 2.7 EcoBoost Nautilus Black Label AWD with 25K miles. Livernois tune applied a couple weeks ago (93-pctane performance tune). Just swapped OEM Ford spark plugs for NGK Ruthenium HX plugs, this morning. Just doing the basics before swapping turbos. It was sluggish on nailing the accelerator. The new NGK plugs seem to have helped. Next will be 160-degree thermostat, downpipes and FMIC ... maybe a catch can. Would you install a catch can if you were me? I had one on my previous 1999 Trans Am ... seemed to help a lot on that particular LS1 engine. Those engines were really bad about burning oil after only 20K miles.

2020 2.7 EcoBoost (GEN 1) owner here. Just an introduction. Hoping to fit in with everyone here. Left TN in 1979 and landed in FL in 1999 after 20 years in the US Army. Headed to the Edge/MKX/Nautilus forum to post now. Feel free to head over to my first post to see what I did to my vehicle ... not much, but, it's a start on a journey for power.

Just got the Livernois My Calibrator tuner for the 2020 Lincoln Nautilus 2.7 Black Label. The tuner remoted-installed the .bin file and I took it out for a drive ... pretty happy with it. Only loaded the tune 2 days ago and the vehicle is bone stock. Shift points feel much better and it shifts faster. The vehicle feels definitively faster, overall, and pulls harder and rows pretty evenly through the gears. I'll take it to the track someday soon to see what it will run ... just for fun. I can feel a noticeable difference. Vehicle feels (to me) like it might run mid-high 13's IMHO. All opinions are valued and welcomed. Next, I plan to do catted downpipes, CVF intercooler and the other basic bolt-ons, i.e., colder plugs, intake, thermostat, etc.